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Dr. Marc McElhaney, a licensed consulting psychologist and a registered mediator, serves as CDR’s CEO and directs the Critical Response Team. Dr. McElhaney works exclusively in the areas of threat assessment, critical incident management and conflict resolution. Since 1977, he has consulted with hundreds of organizations (typically large corporations and law enforcement agencies) in regards to the assessment, management and resolution of high-risk incidents. He has also helped schools and corporations develop workplace violence policies and crisis response programs. Additionally, he has more recently presented workshops and training programs, primarily in the areas of workplace violence prevention, conflict resolution and crisis management. Dr. McElhaney is also the author of "Aggression in the Workplace: Preventing and Managing High-Risk Behavior"
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Dr. Carol Beavers is a management coach and consultant who develops strategies for helping management deal with crises within their organizations, in addition to providing counseling to impacted employees. She provides training throughout the United States in regard to harassment, workplace violence and critical incident management. Carol has worked with numerous governmental and private organizations and served as a consultant to companies impacted by the Oklahoma City bombing, the Atlanta “Day Trader’ shooting and the 2001 World Trade Center attack. She has appeared on CNN and the Fox Network and regularly appears on local media, as the crisis expert following high profile events.
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Dr. Thomas Evans is the Clinical Director of the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Diagnostic Clinic, located in Cleveland, Ohio. He is an Assistant Clinical Instructor at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Department of Child Psychiatry. He is also the President of The Institute of the Study of Interpersonal Violence, a non-profit organization that conducts research in all aspects of violence, including school violence, stalking, domestic violence and child abuse. Tom is involved in all aspects of the risk assessment process, and specializes in fitness for duty evaluations.
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As the Director of Client and Consulting Services for Gup & Associates, Inc.,Dr. Nancy Gup , Licensed Psychologist, has been providing quality employee assistance and behavioral health services to businesses on a national basis since 1991. She brings to CRA a broad background that includes psychological disability management, executive coaching, drug free workplace consultation, training & development programs, and over fifteen years teaching at the university level. She has presented at several national professional conferences including the American Psychological Association and American Psychological Society Conferences.
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As the owner and Director of Train Intervene Prevent (TIP), Rosalind Jackson develops and delivers programs for CRA that focus on workplace violence awareness and prevention. In her previous position as manager of Georgia-Pacific’s workplace violence prevention program, Roz advised managers and HR professionals faced with potential workplace violence interventions, and was responsible for developing company-wide training programs. She also serves as production manager for the Security Executive Council, has served as a charter officer of the Atlanta/Southeast Chapter of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP), and is actively involved with the Partnership Against Domestic Violence.
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Besides his work with CRA, Dr. Joseph Konieczny currently serves as a Consulting Psychologist with Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Juvenile Court Diagnostic Clinic and the District Five Forensic Center in Mansfield, Ohio. As such, he is responsible for conducting psychological evaluations of offenders for the courts, in regards to sentencing, custody and other forensic issues. In addition, he conducts psychological evaluations for the Bureau of Disability Determination in his home State of Ohio.
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As a specialist in organizational communication and behavior, Dr. Todd Conklin works with organizations as a trainer and workshop leader in the area of workplace violence prevention. Todd has spent much of his career coaching managers in the art of “meaningful conversations around worker behavior” and the detection of aberrant behavior. He presents workshops internationally and is the author of Simple Revolutionary Acts: Ideas to Revitalize Yourself and Your Workplace.
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Dr. Gregory Firestone is an internationally recognized mediator, mediation trainer and dispute resolution consultant. Dr. Firestone helps businesses and governmental entities develop dispute resolution systems and provides conflict resolution training and mediation services. He also serves as Director of the Conflict Resolution Collaborative at the University of South Florida. In 2002, Dr. Firestone received the 2002 Presidential Award from the Association for Conflict Resolution. |